KYIV, Feb 24 – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry asked its citizens to avoid any traveling to Italians regions that were affected by coronavirus COVID-19.

"The Ministry recommends that Ukrainian citizens temporarily refrain from traveling to the affected provinces of the Italian regions of Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont, where there is the greatest risk of infection," said in the recommendations of the Ukrainian ministry released on Monday.

Ukrainians who continue to be in these regions need to pay increased attention and caution, avoid visiting the virus-affected provinces, report their whereabouts and contact details to the nearest Ukrainian consular post or register on the web site "friend.mfa.gov.ua".